64c Cog - a a ß itald:
tsublishedeveryWedneaday 41'oorning nt . s 2
per Ye ar, invariably i
n advazabe.
COBB' &. VAN GELDER'. '
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Half C 01...... , 10,00 1 15,00
Ono Out. : 1 18,001 20.00 \
Special Notional() cents per line; Tditorlit 'or
Local 20 c 1, , is per line.
MASONIC
OSSEA LODGE, No. 31.7, A, Y. M., nientn nt their Hull
over Dr. Roy's drug store. on Tuesday evening, oh or
before the Full Moon, at 7 o'clock P.M.
TYOGAMATTNR, No: 194, Ft. A. M., meets at the
11alli on Thursday evening, on or before tho Pull
]Mon, at 7 o'clock P. M.
TYOCIA COUNCIL, N 0.31, If. Ar S. MASTP.tIS, meets at
the Hall, on the third Friday of each calendar
month, ut 7 o'clock P. M.
TYAGAOHTON COMMANDERY. N 0.28, of KNIGUITS
TEMPLAR, and the . atpendant orders, meets at the
Haiti on the, Brat Friday of each calendar mouth, at
7 o'clock ,P. M.
8. F. WILSON. J. B. NILES.
WILSON & NILES,
~TroltgEYS COUNSELOAS AT LAW,
(First dciei from , Bigoney's, on tho Avenuo)—
Will attend to business ontrusted to their:care
in the counting of Tiogalrnd 'Potter.
Wollabor°, Jan. 1, 1868.
JOHN I. MITCHELL
A rTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
1 - 1 Wellabor°, Tioga Co., Pa.
Claim Agent, ,Notary Public, and Insurance
Agent: Ite wilt knead promptly to collection of
Pensions, Back Pay and Bounty. As Notary
Public he takes acknowledgements of deeds, ad
ministers ortbs, and will act as Com lissioner to
take testimony. //RI -Office over Roy's rug Store;
adjoining Agitatoi)Dflice.—Oct. 30. IE7 •
John W• Guernsey,
ATTO.IO.ttY AND COUNSELOR. AT LAW'.
4avingtreturned to this county with a view of
making it his permanent residence, solicits a
Aare of publlo patronage. All businespron
trusted to his care "will be attended to pith
promptness and fidelity. Office 2d door south
of E. S. Fares hotel. Tioga, Tioga Co., Pa.
Sept.
JOflN B. SHAK•SPEAItr.,
DitA,P,EIVAIsiA) TAILOR. Shop over John R.
lloyftWEr..6l,o4re.. Cutting, Fitting, and
itepairing.done, promptl ' Est style.
Welist:wn 17-
CLOP— Shop first door north of L. A. Sears's
,aoe Shop ! Repair
:T:4 JOllO promptly ond
Wellstieie,..lin.; Jan.' 1,1848.71 y.
301-31 V ETNER,
TAILOR AND CUTTER, Las opened a 'shop
Orkftop,street, rear of Sears 4k Derby's shoe
vii )p, where he is prepared td manufacture gar
awitts to order. in the most substantial manner,
with dispatch. Particular attention paid
to putting and Fitting. March 26, .1868-1 y
Dr. C. It. Thompson
[WELLSBOROGGII PA.]
Wit' ‘Lltund. to Professional calls in the village ;
„1 Wellsboro and elsewhere. •
mike and Reside cc on State St. 2d door •on
the right going E st. Piffle. 24, IS6S.
D - it ICON, Lana the 2.1 Pa . Cavalry, after.
ne.irly four years of artily servi e, with a large
ne,ln field and hospital practice ; has opened an
h.r the practice of medicine and surgery,. in all
hviaches : Parsons from a distance can find good
at the Pennsylvania Hotel when desired.—
Will any,part of the State ireaconsnitation, or to
iet t*.a surgital operations. No. 4, Union Bloch, up-
Wellsboro, Pa., May 2,15136.—1 y.
.W . m. EL Smith,
KSIIX VILLE, Pa. Pension, Bounty, /utl In
>%tr Agent. Comtnunieations sent to the
ab..~onddrosa will receive prompt attention.
'fermi moderate. Dan 8,1888-1 y)
Thos. B.Bryden
zqii!vEyOlt R DRAFTSMAN.—Orders Yell a
id, I.om, Townsend Hotel, Wellsboro, wil
“..:ut with prompt attention. -
Jan. 13. 1867.—tf.
U. E,t OLNEY I ,
DEALER in CLOCKS le JEWELIIY, SILVER
1 PLATED WARE, Spectacles, Violin Strings,
kte , Mansfield, Pa. Watches and Jew
elry neatly repaired. Engraving done in plain
English and German, I leopt67 , ly. .
Hairdressing & Shaving.
Saloon over Willcox Barker's Store, Wells-
Iwo, Pa. Particular attention paid to Ladies'
flair-cutting, Shampooing, Dyeing, etc. Braids,
Pudgy, ewis, and'swlehes on hand and made to or-
I sr.
11. IV. DORSEY. J. j-O.IINSOII.
r J. G. PUTNAM, -
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Also best
M
fJr. Scewarc, Oscillating Movement for Gang and,
Muiay Sim,.
rioga. Pa., Aug. 7, 1868, ly.
C. L. WILCOX,
1),; der in - 1') ItY GOODS of all kinds Hardware
.to.l 1." to key Notions. Our assortment is largo
and pric'os luw. Storo in Union Block. Call
in g •n I tpolau.—Enny 20 1868-Iy.
PETROLEUM ROUSE,
W ['FIELD, VA., 0 EOllO E ,CLOSE, Propri.
bilor. • hotel conducted on the principle
of let live, for the accountuudatiott of
the public.—Nuv. 14, 1866.-Iy.
FARR'S HOTEL,
1'104,, TIOGA COUNTY, PA
liuu~l:n.i6ling S l attached, Olean attenttive hoe
. . . Proprietor.
lIILL'S HOTEL,
I• i . Isoret,igh, Tioga Co. Pa., E. U.
A new and commodious
all the modern improvements.
e .Iriies of thebest hunting and th7h
lazs .0 Northern Penn'a. Conveyances
* r..rmB moderate.
as 4 tdd 'WALTON HOUSE,
Gaines, Tioga County, Pa.
, IORACE C 1111.MILYEA,'Pttor7a. This ie
IteA liotoi located Within easy access of the
_ bobt imlhunting grounds in North
ern i'eiin•ylvaniri. No pains will be spared
th o ie , iiiumodation of pleasure seekers and
. z.titi traveling public. [Jan .1, 18118.]
•
'Bounty and Pengion'Agenev.
• ,
ur-AviN a ~ ~ ,, , , - o , l ,leinnttinstruqim.,s; a repaid to
11 the homily allowed by the, act approved
rely 24, .“••1 tutting on hand a large :Aupply of all
try ',lank , I am prepared to pro.ccute all pen
`t," and imunt3:trims Which may be placed in my
teteli rsott , Ai king at a distaneeenu communicate
ni,.t y
4,lllmter. And tlt , elr communication r. will he
pt 4w,1 . Sllllll .
W t.111,t.t. 24..1866 .
q,ARKNESS . & 13.ILEY,
800! AND SHOE MAK ERS,
°Ctr. V:l4 , Irl 711 n 'ruikcaZ• it r Store,. irt the
_I okly ocotpicd by Benj. Seelty,
• .. ,
'4ll irfOES 'of" all k,inds tuade.te'
..I , ler awl it, the best manner: "
all kinds done promptly an',h
u • a call.
JOHN HARKNESS,
wm, RILEy.
We llaboro,Jan.2,lB6B- Iy.
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(SIGN Ole TLLL.IIILd 1300 K, 2D PLUD'it,)
ELMI.RA, N. Y.
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GOOD As rur. BEST, CAEAY A$ TDE: ell EA BE,.. 4 -T
. - ,
BLANK. BOOKS
Of,erery description ) in all styles of Binding,
and as low, for quality of Stock, as any Bindery
in the State. Volumes of every description
13 , 0 #4 1 1 OR *0)020f/01bl/ 1 P, ritlY lo or
dered.
ALL RINGS OF GILT WORK
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Executed' iikbe beSt manner. Old Books re
bound and madb good as new.
wikagavina'kzu&walg
COMPLETE YOUP, SETSI
I asa prepared to furnish back'nainluers of all
Reviews or Magazines published' in the 'United
States or Great Britain, at a low price, -
BLANK BOOK & OTHER PAPER,
Of all sizos and qualities,on band, ruled or plain,
BILL HEAD PAPER,
Of any quality , or size, on,hand and out up ready
for printing. Also, BILL PAPER, and CARD
BOARD of all colors and quality, in boards or
cut to any size.
STATIONERY,
Cap, Letter, Note, Pap - pr, Envelopes,
Pens, Pencils, Atc.
I am solo agent for
' of. SHEPARD'S NON-CORROSIVE STEEL
PENS, OF VARIOUS SIZES, FOR LADIRS
AND GENTLEMEN,
Which will warrant equal to Gold Pens. The
best in se and no mistake.
Tho aho , o stook I will sell at the-Lowest Rates
\
at all timosi lar -4 1Clunall.,.14iiinee! 44; New York
prices, and In Uantitlei to suit purobtiseii. ;All
work and stock warranted as represented.
I respectfully a licit a share of public patron
ago. Orders by,thftd promptly, attended to.—
"' '' ' ''AVriliasils ItODISAtIER,
. _ Advertiser Building, •
Elmira, N. Y.
Sept. 28, I
. UNION, HOTEL.
MINER WATKINS, PROPRIETOR.
ETAV ING , fitted up a new hate' building on Old. site
of the old Uuiun Hotel, lately destroyed Ly 'fire,
I ant now ready to 'receive and entertain guebts. Thu
Union Hotel was 'intended for a Temperance House,
and the Proprietor believes It enn•be sustained irith,ot
grog. Ao Mtehtive hostler In attendance.
Welisboro, June 26,1b67.
R; liIIMALL,
- •
GROCERT - AND RESTAURANT,
One door above the itTea.LMarket,
EL.4,.5130.1t0, PENN'A,
lIESPECTPL:LLY announces to the trading
public, that ho has a desirable stock of Gro
ceries, comprising, Teas ' Coffees, Spices, Sugars,
Molasses, Syrups, and all that coaFtitutos a first
class stock. Oysters in every style at all sea
sonable hours.
Wellsbore,.Tan:2, IS67—tf.
13 c:. 4::, t rsi - 41 tEi 1:b. ca or, is..
Great Excitetnoittl Johnsoil Impeeohe4 , and Rm.
broe's BODOT3 and Shoes triumphant! The subset il,er
would say to the people of Westfield and vicinity thAt
Leis manufacturing A Patent Boot which he believes t,,
pOSSCES the following athautage ever wig °there; yet,
there le no crl roping; Id, no Irrin enveasthey'bre.d:
to the feet; 3,1, no ripping, in short; they are Just
the thing for everybody. Samples on Land and orders
solicited. Solo right of , Westtield - t owhshirftrid Bore'
sectiehtl. lie has also Aust received a splendid set ni
balmorul patterns, 'meet styles. Corne , one, como all l
We are bound t °sell chdap fotcashor'ready pay. Shop
one door south of Sanders Sr, Colegrove.
Westfield hot a', Feb.l3 IStiq. EMBIBEE.
WALKER & LaTimor.
- • DEALERS /N
HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL, NAILS,
STOVES, TIN-WARE,
BELTING, SAW, CETLEKV,
WATER LIME,
AG RICIMTURAL,.II4PLEMppITS)
Carriage) apd Harness Trimmi4's,
ITARNESSES,.SADDLES, '
Corning, N. Y., Jnu. 2, 1,07-Iy.
HEART, YE 1 HEAR YE! lIEAEJ
iBARiI*IS, FIRKINS, CHURN.S,
BUTTER TUBS, &c.,
Kept l con stantly on hand, and furnished to or
der, by
W. T. MATHERS,
at hia•new store, 24;"d00r aboyo.Roy's Build/inn
Wollaboro, ; (Soile 10,1868.)
Scales! Scales ! Scales !
THE Buffalo Platform Scales, all ordinary
sizes, for heavy, and counter use, may be
found at the Hardware .s gate of Roberts,
Wellsboro.' Thies° Scalas3firo the Fairbanks pat.
ent and have no superior anywhere. They are
madam n the best style and have taken the premi. :
am at all the great exhibitions.
I have the solo agency for these Scales in this
region. WILLIAM ROBERTS.
Wellsboro, Feb. 12, 1911 S.
PACIFIC ITCYTEE
170, 172, 174, d 176 GREENWICH ,Sll.,
Nei° Yol k
THEUN,DER§IG NE)), takes pleas
ure in announcing to his numerous iriepds
and patrons that froto this date, the charge of
the Paeltlo will be s2„irper day.
. Being. sole Proprietor of tide tiouse, and th.ire
fore free from tho—toocommon exaction or no
inordinate ,rent,_ he able tp, meet. thh
downward tendency of prioofiThlique any falling
' -
off of service.
It will now, as heraofore, be his aim to main
tain undiminished tho favorable reputation• 0
the Pacific, which it has enjoyed for many years,
as one of tho best of travelers hotels.
The table will be bountifully supplied Will
every delicacy of (ho aetteon;
The attendaneo bo foutO. otlieieut and
obliging.
Tho location be found 'eontenient tor
those whose business calla thew in the
part of tho ciiy, being one' dour north of Qp-i
-land Street, and ono Week West or 111 . 0 , 1thu. , ),
and of ready aceeei to .111 Rail Rood II i i Steao.
boat Lines!
Dee. 2,18643-Gm
Ntw Tobacco Store !
.subseriber finm fitted op tho i•oorns
ad
joining D. P. Robert 4 Tin tind
for thernanufacture and kale of
CIGARS, (all gradeg); _Fancy and Coml;zon
SMOKING. TOBACCQ,lllic4igan Fin f, Cut
WIETVINO, and all ihals of I
PLUG TOBACCO, PIPES, and tit; chai.
ce.sl Brand of C10,11?,Q.
xi, - Call and sec for yourseho,
•; JOHN W. PURSE:f,
Wellaboro, New. 11, 18tiS ‘ -- tf:
lo FARMERS
.•• •
:1 - TPLK RUN PLASTER.—:Wei.herebY•-eertity
4
thatwe hGive nsed the
,Plat‘ter,planufaettlred
Chnnapney fr , l3ernatier; at thiair tvorks,,on
Run; in Gaines townihlp,nnd to he
equal if not superior to the Cayugn Plot er.
Enivid Smith Sli Coriab 'A' P'Cone
M H Cobb H E Simmons. , Bert - inner
W Barker Asa Smith r Strait
S B Davis .Albort Ring . John 0 Wier.
J H Watrous H Watrous Ll. Morph
It M Smith 0 A Smith H M Foote
J D Staait. P C Van Gelder J J Smith
Jarod Davis J F Zimmerman C L King
L L Smith.
N. B.—Plaster always on hand at the Mill.—
Price S 5 per ton. Nov. 4, 1868.
MMM:!Mffi
.~J ~ ..
Aben Ott nit 61141aCi a# •
httliny days'their'glierdolif 6 ing
taiiii•agai» is young and fair
And amorous with musky spring.
Tint gotten nureljugs of the Airty
t,i4n.spiel - orq,,§treiv tllp. ! ;(,Etiv,glod grpcnii
bppa.of tender-pda v typiav, ,
lihtuu
.1:;,,
Mark how the rippled currents flow;
What lustres on the'meadows lie !
And hark, the songsters come and go
And thrill ,betwoon tho earth, and sky.
Who NM ua that the yore had fled
Or borne afar our blifsful'youth ?
Such joys arc all about us spread, •
• ,
alt' e now the. whisper waa .uet trutb,.
. : -
The birds, that break from gums and grove,
Sing every enrol that they sung
When first our veins wore rich with love, ,
And May. her mantle round us flung.
freEliq t dawn! Ii 0;41 Ji ‘ le
0 etirth'e 'aittiot 'ard • true,
With whose delights our souls are rife
And aye their vernal vows renew !
Then, darling; walk with me this morn :
Let your Inownitresses diliak its' sheen;
These violets, within them worn,
Of floral lays shall make you queen.
What though there comes a time of pain
When autumn winds forbade decay;
Tho•days of love are borne again, ,
That Tabled , time is far "away
And never seemed the land so fair
IWV , , nor birds atteh notes to sing,
Slim.: lust within your shining hair
%covc tho,hlossoing of tlic §P l { lB. ' '
N i
It was a pri , ate parlor of a hotel in
t l he Provinces. Two men sat at a well
spiend breakfa.s
t table:- The younger
had just pushed back from the table
with an impatient movement. . ...
'No.' he saidlabruptly, ' I cannot eat,
I (-:iiiiiiit. drink . . If I believed in pre-:
:=en ti mon Is 1 should say I felt a warn
ing t)l- ,, ffoti*t,hiiig Adisameable if i*
liorlitae.)''-.
Well, then my dear nephew,' saltl
the elder, as; you do not believe gri
such things, why not make yourself
emnfortable and enjoy your breakfast?
You aro. not to start.tintil to morrow
anyway, .yoli sk now.' - •
The young mtin" - arose from his seat
and Nk aMed to the window, throwing it
open nod looking - out into the frosty,
brilliant stuishine, The air was in
tenrely cold, and; reddened his cheeks
instantly. lie drew in his head, say
ing— .. •
I shall start:this morning. Therp,'s`
going 16 ben stortri,-und must
wili you Uccoinliany ine tlit'sgation ?
The train start,9 - in an hour.''
. ; "the uncle , Shivered and drew his
~
r,o.4,4ingjg own I tiloen. t • •
he - said, leave" the
house unless I'm obliged to. I did not
leave England to get frozen by a Cana
1/4wintpi.Ti L I diknOt. - know you were
so' Wllsh. - Al ice" - will
not thank yon'for coming a day sooner.
Womeit don't, like a bridgeromn aronikl
when the wedding preparations are g - d="
lug on, no 'matter - how much in love
they are. Take my advice, and stay
here until the time appointed for You
to start.' . .
Robert Russel, the young man ad
dressed, listened_ with grave civility,to
his conk pan ions words. •...
What •was such advice in comparison
tvith the urging of his whole nature?—
He had left • England three weeks be
fore, to claim the woman of his choice;
who had been a year . in Montreal;
whither she had emigrated Vith'.her
parents, carrying with her the love and
promise of one whom she beloved with ,
utter devotion.
Russell's uncle and adopted father
had accompanied him, and now , sat
smiling at the impatience, the whims
oF.yontla.' '; . • ;
• " There is u §torsi iising "in the air, in
spite of the sunlight,' Russel said, still
standing by the window, I should not
enjoy being blockaded in by snow on
my journey.'
' Probably not ; but you might as well
expect it in this climate."'
' Wet, I shall take Alice back to
England as eopn possible,' Russell
said, with his hand on the door. Good
bye, uncle, then, good bye.'
Russel was soon speeding from the
town, his eyes looking eagerly forward
oN. , ee the vast stretches of snow'as if he
would outstrip even the steam which
-bore him.
H(..y.as not half through his journey
when from•the west, where, it
Thad lingered through the sunny morn
ing„ rose. tile tiltny [ wbite veil that is
the herald - of snow. Weather-wise peo
ple looked out of the car windows and
shook their heads, sayin g —
This" will be a hard one. It's just a
year since the terrible storm that block
aded in this
.looking, felt his ,face grow
Pallid in spite of his hopes, his youth
ul energy.
He did not fear the storm while on
he cars; he knew they would get tO
their destination before the stortn
;eclutrlll(ilßakeeßil ad Vit)4 16 re-'
lard them much. 'But he remembered
the twenty miles he must go in a cutter
after the last station, for Alice waited
him at the residence,of a relative, be
yond Montreal. Her aunt had persua
ded her to have the wedding there,
where wealth could give its glow to the
ceremony, and what girl could resist
such an invitation.
I,f, sliejiyere ) inqliontreaf !' mur
mured Russell, and the first few flakes
began to drift slowly downward.
Soon the air was filled with fine sharp
particles. , It ;grew colder instead of
war►ncr, .0r: apparently so, , for the wind
rose and whirled the snow fiercely.
It had snowed two hours when Rus
sell alighted at the station in Montreal.
JO H rAirTEN
It was already Cfal` 4 lt;lll.Ve that the gloom
had ruitibtedlT A ,, 1611 moon. ,
lie was half bentimbed by cold and
sitting . so long,
but.he could not waizt
-11-eason - tilld ,-him that, be was a 'day
early, mid Might 'easily stay, in the city
until t p-morrow ; but some feverish,
morbid haste urged him. on—it was int-,
ooidefor hirtyfn rest qpio,t p, ;Tomei) t.
.1.
!if re`,S . t eli a a. , ,leiw itil.oe,ri/ . s lig the inight,
lire in the waiting room. Theo ie de
cided to go to the house occupied by
1 Alice's parents.
I A rri vc-ti at,tlici lionsp, : ,lie learned with
1 dismay that:Alice had left two or three
, hours previous. Oppressed with fearful
rforebbtling lie •hurried, on; taltin," the
road %% Web - his, ScifVant' stiPpoSed her
I driver hall selected. As he emerged in
itpl ;lity ope,w;country ; the runners of
the cutter sank deep into the snow.—
' The horses strUggfett; dt4perately thro'
the drifts, while the blinding storm and
`beribinbilig , cob:Vali:nest'. _overpowered
hitn.' - Tii arouse himself from the leth
argy which ho felt was - `the Precursor of
death, he stepped mit of the sleigh and
plodded on beside it. For hours it
seemed to him, li.i travelled, alternate
ly walking and riding, the animals he
drove being almost exhausted.
"T.13.© da..6l,teLticou.., cb.Kk
BETROTHED ANEW.
DV E. C. STEDMAN
( .Itigitellantolto gtading.
A NTG HT IN A STORK.
MO
IMENIE
ICI
ESE
8 id OnlY,3vlili'i snort oat
su i rt
inise
or
alarr; his
hoMes'stopped and throw u . ti!
their heads, thel eyes starting in ithear,
i l,
sockets, at somet fug indistinct in the,
gloom ahead.'
There is something infecting in th§
atin ro oC4ifillilali4and..lll44elLife4.
S-hpstkheeks pale , 'o 14e,pioveft4101v: Yi for -1
•Wrrci, lefMnt; the homes atendingthere.,
A shudder like the first chill of ttli
- linpending doom!, shook•the young man
as he eathou pon ja; cutter - overturned in,
the now , . Ile Was .close to'it before he l
.eotild ,'Make'•Out!
,Whtitj‘ it 'Was.' There .
1416 i • - e. no liorgeS i latttichedFthate-saw ,
in a glance-but lie tugs Nierectit short
off, were fastene there. The snow had,
blewnN:way fro one side.of .
bv
the i sloigh,,
one
ivhile , Ithe 'others sidb ^Weis' , deep , imr,
bedded. Ho leaped upon the runner r h
an dhurriedly. pulled. ,the bufralo robes
:away; a fear.eauie uponlaluaiisueli as
he had never known before. , At last,
it seemed,tohitu so long, thOugh it was,
hardly a Moment:L-1n that Snowy moon
shine ho saw the Pallid face of a wo
man lying motionless among her furs.
With a suppreSsed cry he lifted that
beautiful form to his. shoulder, and sat
down on the cutter, bending his lips to
the cold ones that could not respond to
his caress. And yet she was not dead,
—a faint breath Just Sighed across his
cheek. • • : ; 1
Was it thus he had thought to greet
his promised wit's . ? He could not think
—ho knew..uoting but that tie had
4 ,
found Alice—M *his ,whole being•rose
to the resolve th t ho would save her—
that neither sow nor ice nor cold
should take her from him. She was
hls and he claimed her. • - - •
But ha couhl not linger there ; he
must be moving on, though ever so
slowly. He bore his burden to his own
i i
cutter, taping N ith him the furs that
could iii:Pt save her after that fearful
sleep had begu . Ms 'horses walked
on ' again—they needed no guiding—
they could find their own way bettor
than matiCould direct.:• ,: .' .;
knything but intense love would
have despaired i that tempest of snow,
with that pitile-s wind freezing across
the' earth; raisi Who glow' on the blue
white face agait st his own.
. be roughly
hands and face
severer measur:
the. lethargy wa.
felt - the fierce f
and seemed to s,
less request to b!
Russell had. prgotten the cold for
hiniself r the snw swept by him un
heeded. Again ho lifted her in his
arms and stepped out into the -snow,
letting her shinbeside him, then try
ing to make ler fight her way on,
11
knowing that if she could once be
roused shewas-f3aved. ,
At first she fetdown helplessly, sank
inanimately with no wish tp stir. But
in - a moment hs ebasidess• efforts had
some eMet, and he could coOlpel her to
use her muscles slightly, though her
head dropped in an nnknos leg .stupor.
Russell tell that he had never suffered
tiel<tre:3 0:.le thought theTa j:ts
a rid' sOr
\
rows or hit - Ihs,itifo were crowded into
that one night. By slow .degrees, al
most. hopeless y slow, consciousness
twd horrilde so ifering returned. ,
His lace' facl , •Was pale and 'sick, as
he knew the n onies she endured. But
pain was the si rnal of life, anti not now
Whuld he despa'r.
At last, she looked at him with recog
nizing eyes, :in I when everything else
luul:failed, love reached•the fountain of
crimson, and sent a wave of its red to
her face
Weak, sufrel
his, arm, utiabl,
Could he, 'kee;
through 'a mud
When he„leli
few,houses seat
two or. three m
of their-lights
then he had n
waste through
'with no lamp• •
And the Anti&
ted, he 'thong
before safety ? _
' A halt hour iiassed, and threugh.Rus
sell's,brave.sodi had already darte4, the
first. deubt., Human endurappe could
not last , forever, and it wus more than
,he could •do to preserve the feeble life
he , ad reculled;• In'another half hour,
ice( and•cold initht conquer him. - He
would die with lfer ; he could not live
when that de 'r face -Was beneath the
sod.
. .
TA quarter of , a mile•further on,lid
he stew,
ject by the roadside. It was a boil ing
,of somelind/and could shelter them.
He turned his horses' heads that 4t13,7
and plunged through the' snow to the
door. There was no door. , It was a
dismantled log hut, with its door gone,
'and its one little window broken out.—
But it was,better than the fury without,
and in aricith r five minutes Alice was
sheltered fron ,the wind. With pain
ful and' patlei i t fumbling ho succeeded
in , fastening tie buffalo robe in front of
the deorway, hus forming ,an insuffi
cient barrier. 'Then:.be,drew from his
pocket his cigar case and his matches,
and s lighting one of the hitter, looked
, etigerly round the room in the flickering
light.• • That glance 'told him that there
was ah imme• se fire place at one side
of the hut, an 1 a diVine light streamed
into his soul a . the sight..
As his horse brid dragged . the cutter
to the houSe; t e ninner had grated over
the top rail of fence, and the unseen
:post had 'near] , upSet the cutter.
The , white fingered, fair faced Eng
lishman worked with a power that was
• more lfke fury and when at last a rud-,'
dy blaze, flew up the broad chimney;
tears of joy actually started from his
eyes. ' 1 , ,
, •
'Exhausted, liappy, he .knelt - . at the
feet of Alice, Ind hid •his face in her
, hands. With' that reviving warmth
I \Came a. little o strength to her weary
soul: Sin lea ed forward, a 'smile up
on her lips :an Jitiber eyes, and mur
mured— ,
-
' It,was heaven Itself who ..sent you
hove, Itopert.'
.[ , ,
Two hours . ater,.a gray dawn was
struggling through the clouds; a broad
strip of
,hlue ncircled the ( ,weSt ; the
wind ! ' loaned' ti. Idwer , tones. ~ .The old
but was golden ' With'the wood fire—it
threw its radiance over the two horses
that had been : led-.in, and stood wild
and grateful n a corner, their eyes
starting at the I re. _ ,
piness beyond
Alice Malcom .
drty' She ho'd
—the story of 1
•
As the torrri•-
ously, her dr
trustworthy, a inouneed his intention
of returning. had discovered that
he was in a senii-liitexicated state, but
she refuSed to ieturu, and he would not
go a step further; and had cut the tra
°es, -411111 mounting one of the horses left
her to her fate..
She did not (know when she E4)oke
thatliimilii-baelc, Wit a feiv miles of
the city; he lay:frozen to death, the
eddying snow drifting rover his body.—
He o had,found a , fate which his mistress
had escaped. '.
Backward, .tbrinigh ' . vista of happy
years, looked Bussell and his wife to
that night of', horror in Canada, when
peril revealed o them the full depth of
their devotion the infinitude of their
love.
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LLSB °ROA '. PA2:4 l l ' MAY -5,486,
, , •4t . 1, rrJ - /1::r1
-
bared with snow her
but he soon saw that
I s must be tried ; that
too deep,, , She dimly
talon; for ehe• moaned
rink from It—a word
left alone.•
ii)gitsll'e reclined upon
to move or to speak.—
;the life. he bad saved,
lcinger journey?
tL the city there ; were ft
tered by the roadsideyfor
files. • The , dim glimmer
had seen ; but since
*Heed nothingit wag' a
which ho was riding,
if hope held out to fiim.
but balf restAeitft
t—oh,-hoW Many, miles
biiih_W6ak, with a hap
words, warm in heart,
greeted her NYeacling
totol her story to Robert
or,desertion in the snow.
ad come - on more foriz
or, whom she believed
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ILIEOR,Y--TPAT4IIOI4ITION9 019PO4Vds OF
min
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.
, .. .. ... .. .. , .. , .
_ frp oliogstibu of tb..o ,L9m9ti: spect 4 -
04 , ;,,Eijr77 1 , 1 3/0 Voluetimee °fp:Air cones
,ll/44.4e.1ns iltq, .authenticate: with , real
hantgs the stories they 'have. sent you
ih Ai tlatrationsspf, , i ii. ; 'R. , IC.'s!' , brain
wave•theory; itninees rne,tO submit the
fOiloWillg.naAratiVe- ~ Ihavoheard .my
,father,:teilthestorit so often Ithst , there
cfin he,,,,n0 reaseen,why : l should not tell
it!`PIMMA /4 - 1101 - 4,1 t 'Whether , the :condi
tieniyou lay down that .theereal ,shall
[oll6: o lo,7welitknown name, As - satisfied,
irt this ease, is for you to judge., . But to
philantilropiste in..gene,ral,‘ and prison
refelPler4 lif , particular, -4 - plin .LCifty, .of
: I 'reFit9ljavphliaq:Pe :1 1 4tillar :3141.n0 :
44.:t RP. •ikrFtitr,lPvP., .a l , O OlO - . thirty:
3 1 9.:Y5.4 1 11 0 .“110; / pi:gets°, date , lit cannot,
recall) PAY:laatttfliel7 !mad my...OW*3 l 6We;
then.,anout eight years Old, : were sitting
lOgethopin,the,.dining-rp,om ;at home.
No ono eleOwtis'in the ,except a young
er chil4 l hiS nurse', andanother servant ;
alt : lle rest of the family, Were absent at
a neighboring Church * , and; my father.
was at the jail. Ile was due at home in
about half an hour, it then being nearly
four,o'cloek.: yhe.afWrnooii... was very
wet, but very ,still, the rain falling in
torrents, but,. with
~an - oven, steady
downpour. While. .siting , thus my
mother heard. footsteps . approach and
presently some one opened and , , passed
through the yard door.: (This yard door
face on .to the road ; It wits' then a ,
country, road; and the nearest house'
\vita full' five hundred yards distant;
and any one going to the front door
would have to pass this yard door, the
dining-I'6oin windowS, another window,
and then turn round the corner of the
housti through-a gate in the garden.)
She was a good•cleastartled, more es
pecially
becausethis door, according to
domestic regultitions, ought to have
been locked. - She roused herself to
listen with all her Might, and heard
dlttinetlyall the more distinctly as
the house was so quiet—the person who
had opened the, yard door enter the
hpuSe:hy the - hack door, traverse a pas
sage, 'in the basement story, open the
door at the foot of the back stairs,
mount the back stairs, and enter the
front hall.. But by this time she was
completely reassured; for she had tee-'
ognized ray father's footsteps. He put
his umbrella into - the stand with a rat
thug
nelse, „took: Oft his, top-coat and'
sheok,it, and —then came through the
inner hall into the. dining-room. The
hall doer and dining-room door were
both ajar, so she easily heard this. He
went up te the.fire,,andrestin„,a - his el
bow on the mantel-piece and - one foot
on the - fender, stood' thew for a few
mOraents - dryjng , himself., - .4 - 1,.t length
she said :- 'tt
',Yoniust be Very . wet ; had
You. not . better 'go and change your
. clotheset 'Once ?" "Yes,' . ' he replied;
"I think I had better do 'so;" and so
he turnedileft, the room, ' and went up
stairs toldi iliessing-rooni. As ho did
not come down again - , for more than an'.
hour,
my mother followed him to see
what war.t.the-eadee of 'his- delay. 'l'o
licr astonishMent, she found his room
empty, and no sign of his having been
there. She searched the rooms of the
- same landing, but could not iind . him,
andet length came down stairs) again,
psi led antifrightened; , buttfying to
calla herself with the supposition that
although she had noticed bisdeparture,
ho must have left the house 'again, for
some purpose or other. But IThile she
sat there, still flurried and uneasy, she
heardhgain the samefootsteps apprbaeh
ing, the same opening of the yard door,
the same entrance by - the back door,
the alum traversing of the passage
downctairs, and - mounting by the back
- stairs into the hall, the same putting
down Uf.ttre utobrella and, sbakibg of
the cad, stud then my father came into
the room, walked up, to the fire, and
placed his elbow on the mantelpiece
and foot pit the fender, just as he had
done before. "'Why, where have you
been ?'! exclaimed my mother, as soon
as , she could speak, after the first gasp
Ofamazement. "Been?" said he, turn
ing round and noticing for the first time
her- excitement aod distress, "I have
been al,thie jail it,s .usual." "Oh! you
know that's net What I mean ; where
have you been Since you came in by
the,back door, just as you have done
just now, 'rather - more than 'half and
hour since ?" "..I. don't understand you
at all; I have come straight from the
jail, and never been in the house, since
I left_t t his mor4ing.",,"Ohl it's too bad;
playing. jokes like this to frighten me,
when you knoW I'm not well." (My
mother was in- 'delicate health at the
time.) And then,' in answer to his
amazed questions, she poured out the
story I have told you. •
I believe the incident happened ex-'
actly as I have narrated. I have heard ;
my father tell the story repeatedly, and
he was singularly truthful and accurate.
My mother's account, too, tallied, pre
cisely with'his. My sister cannot note,
I think, distinguish iietWeen what she
recollects and what she had so often'
heard related. Butlbay father at the
time questioned her as to what she had:
heard, aner aceOtint was that "I saw
mamma sup suddenlyand go into
papa's dressing-room, and then she went
into all the rooms up stairs iis if she was
looking for something,. and then she
Caine down and looked as if something
was the matter; but she Wouldn't an
swer ins when I asked. what it was."
When my mother told her story, my
father instantly recollected that as lie
left the jail the thought occurred to him,
when he saw 'how heavy the rain was,
that if he found the yard door unlocked
he - would go in that way-1, thing which
lie very seldom did—to avoid going
round the corner to the front door ; and
the thought having once occurred, he.
mentally rehearsed the circumstances
of his entrance—doing Jo the- spirit
precisely what he afterwards did in the
body. The distance from the _jail to our
tome at "East Cliff" was rather more
than two miles, and as this corresponds
with my mother's "rather more than
half an hottr," the conclusion is obvious
that while the, image of the, yard door,
back , stairs,,&c:, was present in his
brain, his imago was, sitnylianeously
pfeseet in my .mother's brain.' The in
cident-, therefore, is 'as pretty and com
plete an 'instance of a 'brain-wave" as
"J. T. K.".can wish. I am, sir, &c.,
. . W. L. CLAY.
Rainhill Vicarage, February 9. '
[Ners....—We have .also received the
folloWhig curious nafrative, for the
autheatieity of,which, i so far, at least,
as the form goes in which she received
it from Sir Thomas Williams, the,Dow
ager Lady Lyttleton, who is still living,
herself vouches.—{Ed. Spectator. .
" Admiral Sir Thomas Williams, a
straight-forwardanq 'excellent man,;
founder of the' Royal Naval Female,
School for the education ofnaval officers'
daughters;, was in command of ,n
_ship
crossing the Atlantic ocean. , His course
brought him in sight of the Island of,
Ascension, at' th t time: uninhabited,
and never visited by any ship except
for the purpose 'f .ecillecting 'turtles,
which abound on he coast. 'Theisland
was barely — descr bed - - on 'the horizon;
and - .was nett° be noticed at all; but as,
Sir Themes - looked ;Alt .he .was - seized
by an unaccountable 'desire to Steer to
wards it. He felt how strange such a
wish would appear to his crew, and
tried to disregard it—but in vain. His
desire became more and more urgent
and distressing, and foreseeing that it
=Eli
would 'Boon'bornore difficult to gratify
it ; he told his lieutenant :to prepare to
'put about ship and steer for Ascension.
The offiCer , whom he spoke ventured
respectfully to present that changing
their course would greatly delay them—
that just ( at that moment the men were
going to
,their dinner—that, at least,
sortie delay might' e allowed. But
these arguments se mcd •to increase
.Captain William's anxiety, and he gave
the word of coalman , which is never
resisted. He saw in' the Countenances
of his officers an eXp ession of wonder
and even an strong as is ever
shown on an order torn the .captain ;
but he was 'obeyed, ' int the Ship was
steered toward the Uninteresting little
island:, - All eyes ail& spy,glasses were
now fixed upon and
was pereeive - ti on the shore. "It is
white—it is a flag—it must be asignal !"
and-when they: - neared she shore. it.-was
ascertained that sixteen men, wrecked
on that coast many 'day6 before, and
suffering the extremity of hunger, had
set up a signal, though almost without
hope of relief. The shipwrecked men
were taken on board, and the voyage
completed. Sir Thomas related this
anecdote in the simplest and most
tranquil manner, in . D., 1813 (years
after the date of its o currence), to the
writer of thiS accoun . S. L.
Hagley Hall, May , 1856.
REMARKAW,E CAVE.
Some time ago there was discovered a
mammoth cave near Salisbury Conn.,
hung with glittering stalactiteS, and
rivaling in beauty the most gorgeous of
earth's own handicraft. The copper
implements, tile ghostly bones, the
bronze ornaments, the petrified wood,
were duly chronicled and described at
the time of the discolfery. The country
about this cave isstrikingly picturesque.
Twin lakes, connected by but a narrow
creek spread in summer their shining•
pool faces to the blue sky, and mirror
the overhanging fdyests, which send
out huge branches Covered with ver
dure, and stand g ant-like sentinels
over this land of be• uty., In an East
ern exchaiwe is an a count of the bring
ing to light ofa twit cave, to rival the
twin lakes, which W 11 be of 'still more
absorbing, novelty.
Long before the 11 st-mentioned cave
had, been discovered the firtnily of Mr.
Miles, a wealthy re ident, whose farm
contained th 2 won erful" Cave, were
much puzzled to ace unt for the tracks
which frequently ap eared, both in the
frosty grass of the meadows and near,
the house, on the freshly-scraped walks.
These prints were evidently those of a
daint,y female foot, and where they
came from was a mystery which gave
rise to the most perplexing questions
.and suppOsitions.
While. in summer these marks were
frequently observed near the house,•in
the winter,' wh,en the ice had mantled
the lake With• its stern, chill counter
pane, and the snow in turn had frosted
,the ice witha diamond, sheet, these
same footprints were not only noticed
on tho frosty covering, but at night a
form, gliding with 'inexpressible grace,
bearing a lighted taper in its hand, was
observed to float, with a spirit motion,
to the opposite shore . of the lake; and
eluding all attempt at closer observa
tion, preserve the itntical, distance he
weeu herself and Lursurers.
\Vlien the family
nkla, a voice often
tiveaceentn' to pouri
stratus a. lament, movitg its hearers to
tears. The daughter of Mr. Miles, an
accomplished lingnst, averred that the
words of the song w recertainly French,
and scouted the ide of attaching super
mani °
a' origin to th sincrer. ~.
Thi) curiosity at last become so in
tens. that Mr. Mil s, urged by the so
licitations of his (la fighter, employed a
1
detective to ferret o a the intruder and
discover the object in view, as well as
the habitation, the location of which
was totally iinknol, n, and, indeed, not
even suspected.
For a time the.m nifestations ceased,
but again with approaching 'spring
were renewed, .an still more curious
sounds were heard ,and stranger Ole
nomena,witnessed: '
The class of whi .1i Miss Miles was a
member, deciding!, n a tour to Europe,
the young lady 4.r a time left home,
and made a, protracted stay in the Old
World. During hex absence the strange
manifestations almost totally ceased,
and the matter had been nearly forgot
ten, when, on the veiling of her return
music of die most surpassing sweetness,
issuing from inviSible lips, filled the
air about•the house, and again excited
the curiosity so long delayed.
• The energy andi go-aheadativeness of
MIAs Miles, howeVer, would not so easi
ly be •stippressed, and. organizing the
hired help of the state, a thorough ex
ploration of the vi inity followed.
'A.rcertain area with, assigned to each
person, and urged byithe indefatigable
zeal of the young ady, . the neighbor
hood was thorou lily xeconnoitered.—
No signs of 'the n ghtly visitant were
discovered, but toN mid the close of the
second day a cave of ample dimensions,
with numerous NODS and hung with
glittering , stalactitet,was found. Relics
of centuries ago cofered its floor, and
antiquaries attract•d to the place soon
exhausted and Mini it of all not imme
diately removed.
Tlie*al and cii
again • aroused, an
farm were once nio
tion ; and under 1
forth on a second
The lady 'herself
hope, andhad her c
The laborers wearil
returned to the hod
to a elolse. Disinis
AliSB Mi les returned
Ascending a sligl
of light from the h Ol
her attention. She
ing, discovered the
from a slight rift ii
tinily covered with
'some twenty rods
cave. W holly .el
found by means .o
entrance to this ha
the long sought n
slightest intimation
fronted her. A sliE
surprise, but neat
lowed the meeting:
41_,
' The French her iine manifested' no
disinclination -to xhibit the various
apartments, and in turn: Miss Miles vis
ited. and viewedthe fixtures.
buxuriouS roles of fur lined with
crimson silk, cover ii couches construc
ted of : crooked In inches, twigs and
roots; Stools' and .hairs of the same
materials, , with yea s and backs of long
grass interwoven it to fantastic shapes,
afforded case to th tired visitor. . The
adamantine floor 'was covered with
mats'of lierhs, the Scent of which pre
vaded the 'LOOMS Witila delicionS odor.
The licorice remarked (iniFrench) that
she had used much,of her•wardrobe in
quilting these robes of fur' which were
scattered about 'so jprolusely. The re
'maiiider of her Clothes were also exhib
ited and sat'i'rised
. lescription.
~ ,In,the,suminer 04 .1,858 she came from
-FraPOo, w4ll a ,parLy of the nobility
who Where 'to visit America on pleas.
ure. Her parents
Prance, and she
young Marquis by
byt in opposition tc,
lover accompanied
had retired for the
was heard in plain
forth in touching
rgy - of Miss Miles
the. forces of thel
re put into reryuisi
er guidance, sallied
tour of exploration.
headed the forlorn,
pwn area to examine.
•d ' and one by one
I seas the night drew
ling her attendants,
slowly to her home.
t acclivity, a gleam
ound itself attracted
paused, and stoop
the light proceeded
the rock, but par
son. The spot was
north of the other
.grossed, she soon
' a disused well an
Atation, and before
[laid possessed the
of her coming, con
;lit exclamation of
empt pit Slight fol-
ere of high rank in
vas betrothed to a
ilateinal dictation,
her own will.
„Her
her on this trip, :and
NO.
•
. .
during the passagnshe became intensely
disguSted with him-=that bY _accident
discovering this Oily° While the •party
were camping on the•shOre of -Newan
gee, one night she secretly • transferred
all her property . to its interior, and ever
since had lived by' occasional excur
sions to neighboring towns for food, by
fishing and trapping, in which she be
came prOlicient. The diamonds pawn
ed enabled her to live _luxuriously, but
in con tent fear of tietbctien; although'
her ro untie spirit, caused her to sing
near tie mansion of Mr. Miles; in order
to excite and astonish the in fates..
'The poor lady refused all solicitations
to remain a guest at, the home'of MiSs
Miles; and after paSsirigso many of .the
best years of her life ; in almost a c0n
‘,..,, r, rochantlAr 4....1.1.4 '1%.2, L..... Inp is ,
magnitleient ' steamship " Pereire. I--
The cave still retains the trophies of
the chase , and hundreds- within the
last few days, have visited and wonder-
ed at the remarkable' cave and 'still
'more remarkable history of the French
dame.
, 1 .
I A Sensation - in Actual Life.
A. startlino-Instanee of the freaks in
which "outAgeous fortune" sometimes
revels has recently taken place in the
family of a quondam magnate of Wall
St., now retired and living in whet ele
gance in the lower vicinity of Central
Park. The gentleman, 'whose name
"mought be" Jones, but isn't, returned
some years since, with his,family, from
Europe, bringing a young French girl,
Susette, as nurse to the young babe.
After.a few months she left the service
of the family on seine triVial pretext,
and another nurse being substituted,
Susette was quite forgotten. Mrs.
Jones had moved in fashionable circles,
while rearing a family of three sons and
four daughters,.the youngest of whom
was the nursling of Susette, As years
rolled on,/ , the 'youngest grow to be
a blooming girl of twelve years, attend
ing a hoarding school on the H4lson.
The oldest daughter and two of the sods
have married happily, and nothing is
the serene prosperity of the household
threatened to ruffle the the even to or
of their riffief , Among other kind y
promptings of their generous natures,
the family has taken a deep interest in
a humble widow woman supporting a
family of five chlldren. She had for
ninny years been intrusted with the
family washing, which was usually re
trailed by one of the girls of the ,faith
ful laundress, and many little niceties
were sent home by this girl, whose gen
tle demeanor had so won upon Mrs.
Jones that g•lie arranged for her partial
education, and already regarded her as
a sort of protege, for all •of which the
poor widoW was profusely grateful, and•
declared she would yet • make a lady
of her." A few weeks since the family
received a lett,er bearing the postmark
of an obscure town in the south of
France. It contained voluminous en
closures, bearing official seals, all in
French. A family council was con
vened to decipher the contents, and
many a jest bandied in the merry circle
about the center-table, as catch contrib
uted their 1: no‘vledge of written French' s
in a loose cliirograpy, to get at the mean
ing of so fornddable a missive. The
younaest daughter, quite fresh in her
studies, seemed to make more progress,
'and the mysterious docunients, first
passing from hand to had, were finally
allowed to rest before her, the rest of
the group laughingly criticising her
broken accents as she read slowly on.
She hesitated—was met by another
volley of badinage, which was
strained her
eyes more closely to the paper, pressed
her jeweled hand upon her temples—
turned ashy pale—uttered one scream,
and fell back into her father's arms in
a swoon !
It Was a fearful night with that strick
en 11( . 418cl:old as they hovered over that
senseless form. A physician hastily
called in, seeking fiir a cause of the
strange attack, was shown the scattered
missives left upon the parlor floor. Be
ing a fluent scholar he could read them
readily, and there, in the dead hours Of
night, the morning winds - without, and
decaying tire in the grate, forming a
weird scene, the blow fell uPou
ready affrighted household ! No won
der the poor girl had been stricken ddwn
in reading her own doom—that she •was
no child of theirs, but of a poor, Nyti4her
woman ! The substance of- the death
bed statements of Susette, which the
letter contained, duly authenticated,
was, that in taking her infant charge
for an airing, she called as usual at the;
Poor house. of the family laundress,'
whose babe was of the same age With
that of Mrs. Jones. That the woman
begged me to sty and mind the chil
dren while she took home, some 'Work.
While alone in the house with'the two
•
infants, one of them pulled a hot iron
upon it, burning it badly ; she 'applied
such remedies.as she could seize upon,
but in her fright fancied the injury
must be fatal. It Was the infant in
her charge! This she had no thought
of at tho first moment, as there was a
reinarkable resemblance between them.
Overcome with fear, the Devil told her
(to use her own language) "that the
other babe would do Mrs. Jones just as
well." The- clothing was quickly
changed. Thepoor woman was encum
bered with a sick and suffering infant
until its recovery, which fact probably
aided the deception. Mrs. Jones was
quite ill at the time, and a wet . nurse
was engaged for that very day ; so
Susette successfully screened her dia
bolical act, but still fearing a denoue
ment, sought the first vacation. to get
away to her own land. Unable, after a
lapse of years, to die in peace, she made
a full confession.
The tinnily seek to itcrep the 'affitir
very quiet. A lady - to whom the phy
sician was quite devoted mentioned the
filets etc .secrecy had been enjoind.
The foster child •of the poor wid o w
will be reinstated in her full rights, and
be "made a huly," dire enough ; the
widow's entire family are amply pro-.
vided for, and the, poignant sorrow of
the girl reared ,in luxury will be as
suaged in a great degree by retaining
bWposition of a: daughter. Truth,
,in
decal , is often ti messtranger than fiction!
The Art of Church Killing.
-l y special request we reprint the fol
lowing , 'roar au exchange:
It would • seem that some parishes
have mastered the art of keeping small
and unprosperous., We have taken
some pains to ascertain exactly how the
thing is done, and, for the benefit of all
concerned, beg leave to retain' as "-
lows : Disparage your minister when
ever it is possible to t do so, but be care
ful always to say you are hi 4, friend. If
you have ail hietS fu depredate hhn
With, insinu a te that all is nut
A suspicion is oiten retort: damaging
' than all micusation, and an mhinous
s h a ke of the head and signifiCant look
are more fatal to arephtation than any
words. Never praise the\ preaching it)
your church; that might lead people to
wish to hear for - themselves.. It you
cannot say anYthing, against - the preach
ing, say nothing. - Attend your own
church iyregAilarly, and always go late.
if . you -can • ge to other* churches half
the time, do s», anti always express
yourself as perfectly delighted with the
services, music, and everything else.
Be sure never to enter yoUirtlmn church
'until after the services are ebmtneneed.
JOBBING IMPARTiIENT.
The proprietors have steoked thee stablisbna e
with a new a varin al:inertia:Lent
JOB AND 'CARD TYPE
• AND FAST PiEi3SES,
and aro p.eparod to execute neatly and promptly
POSTERS, HANDBILLS, CIRCULARS, BILL. TI
HEADS, CARDS, PAMPHLETS, Ac„ etc.
' -
Deeds, Mortgagee, Leasee, and &full assortment
of Constables' and Justloch' /Menke on hand.
People living at a distance can dependon hay
ing their work done promptly and sent hack in
return mail. .
It would show interest if you did so,
and might lead others to follow your
example. When in ehurch appear as
listless as possible. Sleep if you can ;
if you cannot, gaze about the building,
note the empty seats so you can speak
of them. When you go away appear
to be dissatisfied with everything.—
Above all, never tusk a . stranger to
church with you, and never take any
one into your pew. You cannot kill a
church with hospitality. - Make all
the trouble you can about the music.
About all music In church is good for,
is discordsi and the malinr woman who
cannot make a sea of trouble out of the
singing to say nothing of ,the organ,
doesn't amount to much. See to it that
your church,is always dirty, out of re
-111311-12, .1171 d -Al n nkt_r_n 4 . . ti 17C, ea cillao. _lf
the society is not already -div ilna ideu. into
parties.and factions, be sure to create a
i
schism. If there is one, seet it that it
is not healed, no matter . what he troub
le is. So long as it alienates , :iose who
should be friends and creates disaffec
tion, there is no danger of the, society's
growing.i Never pay your subscription,
until you are obliged to, andlhen with
a growl. It adds to the effectiveness of
the latter to insinuate that it is the last
money you will pay until there is a
change. Be careful never to visit any
members of your congregation unless
they are already disaffected,.or you can
make thein so. It is hard to break
down a society whose members aro
trulyosocial. Be sure never to' attend
any meetings of your church during
the week ; such things are fanatical
it - id vulgar, and nothing hinders a
church from dying so much as social
gtherings during the week, and that
fa 1 aticism miscalled " interest in re-
HI ion." . ,
How Morfic'Evs ARE TAKEN IN DAR
FOUR.—Monkeys are pretty common,
yet as all the family are remarkably
cunning, has . ir ever occurred to the
treader how they are taken? Pitfalls
will take a lion, and the famished mon-
Sroli of the forest will,' after a few days
tarvation, dart into a'eage containing
food and thus be secured. But how are
the monkeys caught? The ape family
resemble man. Their vices are human..
They lOve liquor, and fall. In Darfour
and Sennar the natives make fermented
beer, of which the monkeys are excess
ively fond, Aware of this, the natives
go to the parts of the forests frequented
by the monkeys and set on the ground
calabashes full of th enticing liquor.
i
As soon as a monkey' sees and tastes 'it,
he utters loud cries qf Joy, that soon
. attract his comrade Then an orgie
begins, and in a'short time the beasts
show all degrees of intoxication. Then
the negroes appear. Tho few who come
too late to get fuddled escape. The
drinkers 'are too far gone to distrust
them, but apparently take ) them for
larger species of their own genus. The
negroes take some up, and these imme
diately begin to weep and cover them
with maudlin kisses. When a negro
takes one by the•hand to lead him oft;
tho nearest monkey -will cling to the
one who thus finds a support - and en
deavor to get off also. , Another will
grasp at him, and thus in turn till the
negro leads a staggering line of ten or a
dozen tipsy monkeys. Wheh finally
got to the village they are secuilily caged,
gradually sober down ; b' .
r E
and
t. for two
or three days' , a gradually diit inishing
supply ofiliquor is given the ,so as to
reconcile them by degrees to their state
of captivity. I .
THE QUESTION ANSWERED —some
body—a woman of course inquires
why, when Eve was manufactured
from the spare-rib, a servant wasn't
made at the same time to wai ;on her?
Somebody else—a woman, we imagine
—replies in the following strain : 'Be
cause Adam never - came whining to
Eve, and with:a ragged stocking to be
darned ; collar string to be sewed on,
or a glove to mend, right away, quick
now P _Because he never read the news
papers, until the sum got down behind
the palm trees,_ and then stretching
himself, yawned out, ' Ain't supper
most ready, my dear?'—Not he. He
:
made the tire, an hung the kettle over
it himself, we'll venture, and pulled
the radishes, pe led the potatoes, and \
did everything ese he ought to do. He
milked the cow. M'ed the chickens and
looked after the '3lO - '' s. himself.- - He nev
er brought home half a dozen friends
to dinner when Eve had'nt• any fresh
pomegranates, and the mango season
was over. He never staid out till eleven
o'clook to fk wardToee t in g. 'Hurrahing
for an out-and-out candidate, and then
scolded because poor Eie was ' sitting
up and crying inside the gates. He
never played billiards, rolled ten-pins
and drove fast horses, nor clioked Eve
with cigar smoke. He never loafed
around cornergroceries while Eve was
rocking little Cain's cradle at home.—
In short he didn't think that she was
especially created for the purpose of
waiting on him and wasn't under the
impression that: it disgraced. a man to
lighten a wife's cares. _ That's the reas
on that Eve did not need a ired girl ;
and with it, was the reasoi that her .
fair descendants did.
A BLAMED LONG TABLE. The fol
lowing, mark you, is Jim Pas ey's nar
rative—don't you observe—of a night's
adventure. One morning we tilet him
hi the street, looking rather melancholy,
when he said :
"Yesterday I felt a little, bad, and
mark you, I went and took a small
drink ; and that not improving my
feeling, I took another and; another,
don't you observe, and finally, I got a
little tight. In the evening I ent into
the country with a friend, n rk you,
and thinking I would 'cool of , - I took
several more driaks when It of there,
don't you observe ; yet!, strait e to say,
the more I.drank the tighter I got, until
I went to bed., During the. night I
awoke, don't you obserVe, and I couldn't
imagine where the mischief I Was, mark
you. The room was as dark-as Egypt.
I heard the clock stria . ° two in some
part of the house, mark you. I became
very anxioust learn my,w hereabouts,
don't You obse ve, and forlhat -purpose
f
arose from i I bed, mark you,
and
after stumbli g over about a dozen
chairs, don't y l 11 observe,l . came to a
• l'
table. -
Now, mark you, I reflected: that the
generality of the apartinents i re- a per
feet or an oblong square, don' , you ob
serve ; and moreover ; tnit, the general
ity of tables are square; and-I deduced
from this, mark, you, 'that b
.-feeling
along the table,iiint if I wine t - a corner
E could get offal right angles Ind reach
the corner of the inure!, and by that be
guided by the wail to a roof or window,
don't you observe. Following out this
idea, mark you, l began .!arefully- to
feel along the edge of the afores iid table,
and finally gaining confident , I went
a little faster; t he idea struck me that
it was a blamed long table, Ili t I could
not get to a corner, Alont you observe ;
yet I persevered—and finally d y broke,
and when sufficient light perre rated the
apartment I saw, mark you, t at I had
been following a blamed roun table all
night, looking for
- a corncr—d n't you
observe
, '
Too Ile man wbo h
urbane to his *ire before str
generally "I.loi pane " behi
backs. ' -
..iti.vfu,lly
•angeri4 is
nd their